Accounting and finance degree without maths.

Hey, I'm currently a year 13 wanting to do Accounting and Finance at uni. However I do not do A-level maths. I have heard that Warwick lets you do a foundation year while doing the course, if not what universities allows me to do the course without maths?-

p.s I have gotten a 7 (A) in gcse maths if that helps. Thanks

As far as I can tell, the reason why Warwick require you to have A Level maths is because they cover Financial Markets in their degree which would involve a lot of math notation and calculations. This is a bit of an overkill for accounting, if that's soemthing you intend to do after uni.

To go into accounting, you don't need to know that much maths (we're talking about GCSE Level). In some cases, you might need to stretch a bit with the stats (AS Level stats) for management accounting. However, that's the extent of it.
A number of the accounting qualifications won't even cover financial markets, simply because that's not what accounting is involve with; it's about presenting the financial statements in an accurate way for whatever purposes the users of the statements use them for. The financial market aspect is for the financial managers and investment analysts.

Those accounting and finance degrees that don't cover financial engineering, financial markets, or financial mathematics would not require A Level maths. These can include:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/business/accounting-finance.aspx#EntryRequirementsTab
https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/f834/accounting-and-finance-bsc#section3
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/n400/
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/accounting-and-finance-bsc-hons-n400/#course-entry
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/accounting/accountfin/#entry-requirements
https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/undergraduate/bsc-accounting-and-finance#course-entry-requirements
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/accounting-finance-with-placement-year-degree-bsc#entry

Personally, I'd rather you do A Level Maths on top to widen your options, but even without the A Level you have plenty of courses to choose from.

Should you wish to go into accounting after graduation, I would recommend looking to go straight into accouting as opposed to doing a degree. It's usually faster, cheaper, and more convenient than going down the degree route.

-Tysm for the reply, and a very quick one at that. Would you recommend me not applying to Warwick then?

Hey, I'm currently a year 13 wanting to do Accounting and Finance at uni. However I do not do A-level maths. I have heard that Warwick lets you do a foundation year while doing the course, if not what universities allows me to do the course without maths?-

p.s I have gotten a 7 (A) in gcse maths if that helps. Thanks

It depends on your career ambitions.

Don't get me wrong, Warwick's course is a good course, but it generally does not make sense for prospective accountants to go to university when there's a more direct, relevant, cheaper, and quicker path to qualification i.e. through the accounting bodies themselves. You can get a second opinion from professional accountants in the field regarding this.

If you want to get a degree, Warwick is a good university to apply to, as any graduate from most universities can vouch for. It's also one of the targeted universities by top end accounting firms for graduates. However, the employers won't specifically be looking for accounting graduates as opposed to just any decent graduate from the university. It's also a good place to network with people who are either going into the same field as you or in different fields. As anyone can vouch for when it comes to job hunting, networking is half the battle when it comes to getting a job (especially a good one).

What I am saying is that requiring A Level Maths is a bit of an overkill for accounting, since it's not necessary in accounting qualifications (to my knowledge). However, if you want to go for Warwick's course then I would recommend spending a gap year to do the A Level as a private candidate. Haing said that, I am a fan of maths and I like the A Level, so I am biased.

Unfortunately, Warwick's degree course with the foundation year also require you to have Maths, Further Maths, and/or Physics as well as come from a certain background. In other words, you would need to do either A Level Maths or Physics during a gap year to get onto the course anyway. See the following: https://warwick.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/accountingandfinancefoundation/

Thank you for the help, ill be sure to inform you about the future post year 13!

Hi, im currently in year 13 and in the exact same boat. I want to do Accounting and Finance but i didnt take maths alevel. I did achieve a 7 at gcse though. I take Business, Geography and Philosophy and Ethics. Im thinking of applying to Southhampton and Birmingham as they dont specify needing maths alevel. Would you mind telling me how your applications went. Thanks a lot.

Hey, I'm currently a year 13 wanting to do Accounting and Finance at uni. However I do not do A-level maths. I have heard that Warwick lets you do a foundation year while doing the course, if not what universities allows me to do the course without maths?-

p.s I have gotten a 7 (A) in gcse maths if that helps. Thanks

Hi, im currently in year 13 and in the exact same boat. I want to do Accounting and Finance but i didnt take maths alevel. I did achieve a 7 at gcse though. I take Business, Geography and Philosophy and Ethics. Im thinking of applying to Southhampton and Birmingham as they dont specify needing maths alevel. Would you mind telling me how your applications went. Thanks a lot.

Hi, sorry for the late reply, i also applied to Southampton, whom gave me an offer for the course. You should be fine.
I think a really good uni to apply to is Leeds University, one of the best in the country for Accounting and finance and i got into the uni.
Hope i helped and good luck!